<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi folks, </div><div>I know that many of you have been upgrading your web sites lately and they are looking quite good.</div><div><br></div><div>I also noticed that the required NSF acknowlegement sometimes isn't making it back onto the updated web site. </div><div><br></div><div>Note that the <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf16001/aag_6.jsp">NSF grants administration guide</a> requires the language below to appear on any any web site resulting from NSF supported research.</div><div><br></div><div>If you are not the person responsible for your site's web site -- could you please pass this information along to whoever is -- and also let me know who that is?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks, </div><div>Marty</div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 15px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><b style="box-sizing:border-box">4. Grantee Obligations</b></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 15px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">a. Acknowledgement of Support. Unless otherwise provided in the grant, the grantee is responsible for assuring that an acknowledgment of NSF support is made:</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 15px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">(i) in any publication (including Web pages) of any material based on or developed under this project, in the following terms:</p><blockquote style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px 20px;margin:0px 0px 20px;font-size:17.5px;border-left:5px solid rgb(238,238,238);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif">"This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. (NSF grant number)."</blockquote><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 15px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">(ii) NSF support also must be orally acknowledged during all news media interviews, including popular media such as radio, television and news magazines.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 15px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">b. Disclaimer. The awardee is responsible for assuring that every publication of material (including World Wide Web pages) based on or developed under this award, except scientific articles or papers appearing in scientific, technical or professional journals, contains the following disclaimer:</p><blockquote style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px 20px;margin:0px 0px 20px;font-size:17.5px;border-left:5px solid rgb(238,238,238);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif">"Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation."</blockquote><div> </div></blockquote><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Marty Downs<div>Communications Lead</div><div>LTER Network Communications Office (LTER NCO)</div><div><a href="http://us12.campaign-archive1.com/?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=7e63967daf&e=[UNIQID]" target="_blank">LTER Science Update</a></div><div>t: @USLTER</div><div>f: USLTER</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)</span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">University of California, Santa Barbara</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:small">Office: 805-893-7549</span></div><div><span style="font-size:small">Cell: 617-833-7930</span></div><div><a href="mailto:downs@nceas.ucsb.edu" target="_blank">downs@nceas.ucsb.edu</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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